Bonus: The Concerto List (Violin Edition)

Here is a list of all pieces in The Works project that are for one or more violin soloists with orchestra (or other large ensemble in a few cases). The list is arranged roughly chronologically. 

If the work doesn't have a title beyond “Violin Concerto” or “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra”, then only the composer's name is mentioned. If the composer has more than one such concerto, the number or numbers are listed (see Mozart for an example).

Baroque Era
Antonio Vivaldi: Op. 3 Nos. 3, 6, 9, 12 (single violin); Nos. 5, 8 (two violins); No 4 (four violins); Op. 8 Nos. 1-4 ("The Four Seasons")
J. S. Bach: BWV 1041-1042; BWV 1043 (two violins)
G. P. Telemann: TWV 53:F1 (three violins)

Classical Era
Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto in D minor
W. A. Mozart: Nos. 1-3
Ludwig van Beethoven

Romantic Era
Niccolo Paganini: La Streghe; Moto perpetuo; Concerti Nos. 1-6
Felix Mendelssohn
Robert Schumann
Henri Vieuxtemps: No. 5
Henryk Wieniawski: No. 2
Camille Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso; Concerto No. 3; Havanaise
Max Bruch: No. 1
Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Johannes Brahms
Ernest Chausson: Poeme
Jean Sibelius
Edward Elgar

Modern Era
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Karol Szymanowski: Nos. 1-2
Sergei Prokofiev: Nos. 1-2
Kurt Weill
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Igor Stravinsky
Roger Sessions
Alban Berg
Arnold Schoenberg
Bela Bartok: No. 2
Ernst Bloch
Benjamin Britten
William Walton
Walter Piston: No. 1
Lou Harrison: Koncherto por la Violino kun Perkuta Orkestra; Suite for Violin and Gamelan
Samuel Barber
Aram Khachaturian
Erich Wolfgang von Korngold
William Schuman
Dmitri Shostakovich: No. 1
Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa (two violins)
Sofia Gubaidulina: Offertorium
Luciano Berio: Corale
Witold Lutoslawski: Chain 2
Philip Glass: No. 1
Elliott Carter
Wolfgang Rihm: Gesungene Zeit
Gyorgy Ligeti
John Adams
Nicholas Maw

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